Machine for introducing packets into paper or other like cups or cases.



. PATENTBDv JUN-E. 1908. ,11. L. BRAGY.

0R GASES. l APPLICATION FILED 1330.30; .1:90-7-v 4 SHEETSLSHBE'T 1.

l No. 890,402.' PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

E. L'. ABRAGY.

MACHINE FOR INTRODUCING PACKETS INTO PAP-ER 0R OTHERLIKE CUPS 0R GASES. f APPLICATION FILED 1330.30. 1907.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 890,402. L

PACKETS INT0 PAPER- 'ofR @'THER LIKE oups 0R GASES. APPLIUATION FILED DEO. 30, 1907.

MACHINE FOR INTRODUGING 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

PATPNTPD JUNE 9, 1908.

'OTHER LIKE CUPS '4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

A P. L. BRACY. MACHINE PCR INTRCDUCINC PACKETS INT0 PAPER CR CR CAsPs. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 30. 1907.

--UNITED srATEs PATENT CEEICE.

j"iii'n'ilA'Rij LERCY BRACY, oF SCOTLAND NECK, NORTH CAROLINA, AssIGNoR To RICHARD v HARVEY WRIGHT, .OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

-fljcAcmN PoR INTRODUCING PACKETS INT PAPER 0R OTHER LIKE CUPS on CASES.

,Nio'. 890,402.

Specification of Application filed December 30, 1907, Serial No. 408,694.

To all 'whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, EDWARD LEROY BRACY, a citizen of the United States of America, -residing at Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America, have invented a new and useful lmp'rov'edMachine for `Introducing Packets into Paper or other Like Clips or Cases, of which the following is a specification. Y This vention'relates to im rovements in that class of machinery which as heretofore i vbeen employed for placing inner sliding trays intoouter op or drawers (containing matches for example) P-ende shells or cases, an in Wh'chv'the said trays or drawers'and louter she s or cases arerought into position by conveye'rl belts, or 'are fed from vertical stacks'into horizontal gdideways, where each l *inner tra Y) or drawer is caused to enter` its outer-Shel or case by the action of reciprog'yfcating plungers, sprin blades assisting the entrance of each tray or drawer into its outer shell or casing, the tray or drawer contained i `vi'rithinits outer shell or casing being after? Wards removedfrom the vmachine by 0011-.v

veyer belts for example.

i hespecial object of my present invention 'isto enable inclosedv packets of cigarettes to bq packed into what are kndwn as paper cups,that is to say, envelops or covers h'aving one end folded and closed, and the other end left o en for the reception of the goods.

` Butit wil be obvious that my invention may f be employed for '35.,

. ,Similarly packing other. articlesv 0r materials.

' VAccording to my present inventionthe. 'packets of cigarettes,.for example, may be elivered into my improved machine in -any acketing -and fold' devices, of anysuitab e construction and `W ich forms no part of my inventiongw A section on line X- y n v!.'i'ightjto left; Fig. 3 an end elevatin looking fromleftto right .of Fig. 1 Fig4'a plan; F1

" In o 'rder that my invention may be/fully' understood l will'y proceed/tddescribaj the same' by .the aid ofthe accompanying four sheets of drawings in which Y Figure-Lis awfrentelevation 'offmy im-I provedmachine; Fi 2 a vertical transverse" of Fig. l looking from 5 is la. horizontal sectionshowing the cu he d 011g thesprings at theendof the troug and shbvngthejpilnger. in plan; 'Fi 61s a `sece 6-60 5 utshowing,

the plunger'in elevationg'glfig is a plan viewv Letters Patent. v Patented .T une 9, 1908.

of the plunger showing its end rejecting beyondt e-trough a; Fig. 8` isa si e view of Fig. 7; Fig; 9 is an end view; and Fig..10 4is a modiication.

a is a horizontal guide-way or trough running longitudinally of the machine and into which the packet of cigarettes (for example) is introduced as hereinafter explained. As will. be understood the cigarettes are formed into packets" by anotherl machine which forms no part of my invention, and.these packets are delivered into trough a in a mann er hereinafter described. The guide-way a is intersected b an intermittently rotating carrier wheel furnished with recesses c across its circumferential periphery for the reception of the pa er cups into'whih the said packets are to e introduced. Each of the recesses c in turn forms a continuous connection between -the two parts ofthe guideeE Way a, on each side of the beforemeitioned vgap as the carrier-wheel. b is intermittently rotated. Above the carrier-wheel b is a vertical guide-way d for the reception of anumber of empty paper cups e which are stacked.

one upon another therein` with their open ends tothe right in Figs. and 4, the lowermost cup lying in the uppermost recess of the carrier-wheel b and the others vertically above it in the vertical guide-way d.

f and g are two lungers each of which is arranged to slide a ong different parts of the guide-way a vat predetermined periods of time, each plunger acting independently of -'the other: Intermittent reciprocatory motion is imparted to each of these plungers by similar Vmechanism from'a shaft h rotating in bearings i on columns and having two airs of cam-plates 7c mounted thereon. ach air Ofcam-plates k engages with a roller or Y,wzowl-fm' upon an arm n, one end of which turns upon a iXed vertical stud or standard o, and is provided with a toothed sector 'p at` its other end. This toothed sector p engages With a toothed Wheel g at the lower end of asleeve rrotatably mountedu on a "fixed vertical 'stud or lstandard s whic carries at its upperend one end of an arm' t. The other end of each of theA arms t is suit- ,ably jointed` to the plungers f and g respectively, whereby the necessary reciprcatmg.

:of `t e bowls m etween the cam-platesfk`v effects the requisite increased amount of reciprocatory movement of the plungers f and g in the horizontal guide-way a in a simple and effectual manner. The intermittent rotation of the carrier-wheel b may be effected by any of the known means usually employed in machinery of this description, and such means form no part of my present invent-ion.

The empty paper cups e may be fed into the vertical guide-way (l by the conveyer belt u, and the packets of cigarettes (for example) y may similarly be fed into the vertical guide-way t by the conveyer belt lw, a guide :c beingj'irovided for insuring the entry of the said packets y z/ in a proper` position notwithstanding the continued movement of the conveyer belt w.

eis a vertically reci rocating rod guided in a bearing 1 and forke( at its lower end (Figs. 2 anda) which fork 2 embraces the shaft 3 on which is mounted a cain 4 the edge of which engages with a bowl 5 on'l the fork 2 and thereby imparts a. vertical reciprocatory motion to the rod z as the shaft 3 rotates. At the upper end of the rod s is a light bar 6 which passes through a slot T (Fig. 1) in the front of the vertical guide-way d, passes across such guide-way, and, when in its lowermost position, forms by means of its bent up end 9 a barrier to the passage of empty` paper cups e from the conveyer belt u into the guide-way d. But when the rod s and bar 6 are raised by means of the cam 1t the bent-up end 9 Vno longer forms a barrier to the empty paper cups which are then free to pass from the belt u into the guide-way d, and when the bar 6 .is again lowered it descends lightly upon the uppermost paper cup and insures their regularity and evenness of position in lthe guide-way d. The vertically reciprocating rod 2 also carries a second light bar 1() which with its bent-up end 11, acts in a similar manner in relation to the packets j/ as the bar 6 does in relation to the empty paper cups-e. It will be understood that when the empty cups e and the packets y are prevented 'by the bent-up ends 9 and 11 of the two bars 6 and 1() from entering the vertical guide-ways (l and 'U respectively. the continuous movement of the convcyer belts 11 and w will cause the said belts to slip or slide underneath the cups e yand packets 1/ while the said cups and packets remain stationaryT and blocked side to side and end to end'respectively one against another, until the cam 4 raises the` vertical rodz and with sacco?.l

blades are very thin and .they formcollectively a slightly contracted continuation or extension of the trough a. They are attached to the trough by rivets oi" in any other suitable manner. As shown' in Figs, 5 and 6 the springs'12. 13 and 14 are slightly convergent while spring 15 isstraight. Thefree en ds of these springs form approximately a parallelogram of slightly less dimensions than those of the open ends of the paper cups e, and are so situated that their said free ends are just clear of the open end of the paper cup e which lies in the uppermost of the recesses c in the carrier-wheel spring blade 1.5 has a recess 16 therein as shown, and the acting end of the plungerfis provided with a latch 17 fulcrumed at 18 to the plunger f and forced downwards by a spring 19 (see Figs. 5, 6, 7. 8 and 9). The

forward end of this spring latch 17 projects slightly below the bottom of the plunger as seen clearly in Fig. 8, and, when the plunger is in its forward position, enters'the beforementioned recess 16 in the spring blade 15 and serves to insure that the end of the Vphotograph or other card which is sometimes incloset in the packet of cigarettes shall vnot project beyond the end of thesaid packet when it is being fed into one of the paper cups as hereinafter more fully described.

Instead of the packet of cigarettes y being fed into the machine endwise in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 1, they may be fed in sidewise, as shown in Fig. 10,' in which 2() is a conveyer belt which traverses the bottom of the guide-way a at right angles therel A gap is provided at 21 in one side 22 of the guide-way av of sufficient length to allow a single packet z/ to bedep'osited by the conveyer belt 20 into the said guide-way, its further progress being prevented by the 'side 23 of the guide-way which is intact., with the exception of a slot in the lower part thereof of sufficient size only to allow of the passage therethrough of the lconveyer belt- 20 on its way tothe roller 21.

After a packet y of cigarettes for example7 with or without a photograph o r card, has been deposited into the paper cup e within the uppermost recess of the carrier-wheel l), the said carrier-wheel is rotated sufficiently to bring the next empty recess uppermost,I

the paper cup last filled being thereby brought opposite the folding devices.l As the packetinclosed within the paper cup, (with or without a photograph or other card) is carried round by the carrier-wheel until the next empty recess is brought uppermost, the

open end of the 'said cup which projects beyond the side of the carrier-wheel is folded and sealed by any suitable 'or known devices, or by those Which are shownl l1n the drawings,

but as these devices do not form part of my present inventiorn havennot described them in detail. The inclosed packet isvinally relas i moved from the recess in the wheel on to a conveyer belt or otherwise as may be required;

cups lies within the uppermost recess c of the carrier-wheel b; and that a packet of ci a-v rettes y has been deposited -in positionwit in A g then retires, leaving the the horizontal guide-way c z (either from the vertical belt 20 (liti 10) as the case may be); the plunger g a vances towards and engages 'with the closed end of theempty paper cup e within the uppermost recess ofthe carrier-l wheel b; and pushes the said cup forward' until its open end is wedged on to the outer inclined surfaces of the spring blades 12, 13, 14 ,and 15 (see Figs. 5 and 6). The plunger paper cup in the position just described. T e advances towards the open en of t e empty paper cup e, and engaging with the intervening packet y lyin in t 1e guide-way a, pushes the said packet efore it and forces it past the thin spring blades 12, 1,3, 14 and 15 into the paper cup e, its entry thereinto being facilitated, by the distention of the open end of the cup e effected by the said spring blades,

.which yield as the packet y is pushed home into the cup e, but remain inclosed between the packet yand the cup e until the continued movement of the lunger f forces the cup with its contents off t e spring blades 12, 13,

14 and l5 back into the uppermost recess c of theI carrier-wheel b, that is 'to say, into the position occu ied by the empty paper cup e before the p unger g forced in on to the spring blades.

Should it happen that the photograph card at the bottom of 'the empty cup e projects towards the advancing packet y, and that the said packet fails to carry it forward with itself into the Apaper cup e, the advancingl spring latch 17 having been forced downwards by lits spring 19 into the recess 16 in the spring bladel and on to the paper of the cup, will engage with the edge of the photograph card and push it home into the paper cup e so that it shall be Hush with the end of the packet y, and shall not form an obstruction to the subsequent process of folding-in the ends of the paper cup A partial rotation of the carrier-wheel bis then made, the inclosed packet is. thereby.

conveyed downwards, an empty recess c of the carrier-wheel?) is brought into the upper' most position-another emptypaper cup e ris deposited therein, and the cycle of opera-l tions is repeated'. The beforementioned'partial rotation ofthe carrier-wheel b brings. the inclosed packet- -into`v the 'position' in` which the folding devices folding theA op'en'ends of' guide-way 'v or from the conveyer' lun erf f then the paper cup and the continued intermittent rotation of the carrier-wheel allows the inclosed packet with folded ends to beremoved from the wheel on to a conveyer belt or otherwise as may b e required. v l

The machine may be driven by hand or by power appliedby belts or otherwise to' the wheel 25 on the shaft h, which in turn may impart motion by means of the chain 26 and sprocket wheels 27 and 28 to the device for imparting intermittent motion to the carrier-,Wheel b.. The devices for folding-in the ends ofthe paper cups e may also be operated from the shaft h by means of the chain 2.9v

and the sprocket' wheels 30 and 31, but I do i not limit myself to the methods illustrated ,for driving the various 'parts of the machine as they -may Ibe varied Without departing from my invention. Other suitable devices than those shown and described may also if` desired be employed for effecting the reciprocatory movement of theplungers and g and fo'rvintroducing the empty paper cups e and the packets 'y mto the machine.

Claims. 1

1. A machine for introducing packets into paper cups comprising an intermittingly rotating recessed carrier wheel, a horizontal guide way located on each side of said wheel,

the recesses in .said wheel connecting the guide ways together, a plunger in each guide- Way, means for reciprocating the plungers in succession, means for feeding paper cups to the recesses in the wheel, and means for feeding packets into the horizontalguide way, one of said plungers placing the paper c np into position for receiving the packets and' the other forcing the packet into such cup.

2. A. machine for introducing packets into paper cups comprisin a horizontal 'guide Way, an intermitting y rotating recessed carrier wheel intersecting-the said uide Way, means for feeding paper cups. to the recesses in the wheel, means for feeding packets to l cillated by..said toothed wheels, and rollers 'oinptlife sector carrying arms engaging with V'the`cams- 3. `A 'machine for introducing packets into paper 'cups comprising a -horizontal guide way, 4an intermittingly rotating-recessed car-I rier Wheel intersecting saidguideway, means for feeding paper cu s to the recesses insaid lWheieLmeans forfee ing-.packets to the horizontal guide way, a'. reciprocating plunger in 'i y'thepapgi cup is forced by the reciprocating- 10` secured to the' end of theguide way adj acentthe carrier Wheel over which the pen end of plunger.

4. A machine for introducing packets into paper cups comprising a horizontal guide Way, inclined blades secured to one end of l I. said guide way on the two sides and the. top

thereof, and a flat sprinfr blade secured to the bottom thereof', said blades forming a conf' ysaid cup, a sprinf` latch secured to said.

tinuation of the guide Way, said lower blade havingI a slot therein, means for forcing the open end of the paper cup over said blades,

said cup containing a card, a plunger sliding 1n said guide Way and torclng the packet into plun er and having its end arranged to enter the s ot in the lower blade so as to force the. card into the cup.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l y

. EDWARD LEROY BRACY.

VtnesSeS:

LUTHER J. PARR, A STANLEY C. PHILLIPS. 

